Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-12-25
SUNDAY SERMON.
Relation of the Sheep and the
Goats in the Day OF
Judgment
Described by Rev. Armstrong
A Discourse Not Lacking in
Elements OF Strength.
SABBATH EXPLOITATION

SABBATH EXPLOITATION
Delivered by Rev. t. C. Armstrong. Sunday,
Dec. II, 1887.
Parable of the Sheep and Goats, Matt.
XIV, Chap. 3l-46, vss:
This parable constitutes q part OF
that remarkable prophetic discourse,
spoken by Christ TO His disciples, on
the Mount Of Olives shortly before His
crucitixion. The time was the even
ing Of Tuesday Of the Passion week.
The parable has reference to q future
event 10 the church and the world.
There is . solemn lesson to be
learned from this parable Of the sheep
and the goats, and the plain teaching
concerning the awful judgment con.
nected Herewith, and whether
Christ's second glorious Advent takes
place before the millennium, and intro
duces it, and the judgment then be-
ginr, or whether the judgment TAX es
place at the end OF the world, the
great and solemn lessons are to US the
same.
The Judgment! Gods judgment |!
There is something inexpress!bly sol.
enin and awful about 1t. and il Is q
subject and truth from which any sin
ful being might shrink to consider,
and about which any minister might
hesitate to preach. No man may dare
preach upon it, and dwell long upon
1t. without being wellnigh overcome
by the awfulness of the theme, and
only too with the greatest tenderness
Of feeling should 1t be treated. 1t is
the delight of Christian minister to
preach about Gods love and G.. rist's
atonement for sinners. I love 10
preach about these grand and glorious
truths Of the gospel. but when I come
to consider the whole gospel-for the
doctrine Of the judgment is part OF the
gospel-my joy is tempered with sad
ness. l can't help 1t. Future punish
ment Is not welcome subject to my
own heart, and not one on which
like to sermonize, but an ambassador
OF Christ is not at liberty to proclaim
only part of gospel truth.
Future punishment / am afraid OF
1t myself. True l believe In the New
Testament doctrine Of Gods final pres.
ervation of his saints, but from my
viewpoint, 1 must mike Pau's Ian.
gusge my own: III keep under my
body, lest l myself should be a cast
away"
:. Christ will come again to the world
in msjesty and glory. His coming
will be sudden. 1t may be at mid.
night; that is, midnight for part OF the
world. whom half Of the people of the
globe will be asleep, under cover Of
darkness and night, while the other
half will be astir, and actively engaged
In earthly duties. Suddenly there
will be the sound Of q trumpet, en-
circling the globe, sound that wakes
the dead. and startles the living, and
behold! The exalted Christ, the
Royal one appears. He will appear
before universal humanity rs Judge.
1--WE must all appear before the judg.
ment seat OF Christi The Savior OF
the world is to be Its Judge, and not q
living being will escape that !udg.
ment.
Wespeak OF tre day Of judgment,
but 1t may be period Of time rather
than day. The word day in the
scriptures does not always mean TWEEN.
ty-four hours Of time. This will be a
great and notable day or period in the
universe. When the judgment period
is over, the river Of time will have be-
come the shoreless ocean OF eternity.
The great Judge on the throne will be
a merciful, u just and an impartial
Judge. He knows everything. Be-
sides the books have been infallibly
kept. IL our names are not found In
the Book Of Life, there will be no mis-
take about it.
We know from our text that the
judgment will be q time Of separation.
The wheat and the tares; the good and
bad fish will be separated. The wheat
will be gathered into the Lords barn,
the great granary OF heaven, and the
tares will be gathered. bound and
burned. The good hsh will be gath
cred into vessels for preservation; the
bad will be cast away.
Virtue and vice intermingls In this
world. The good and bad isb are In
the same net. The wheat and tares
grow together side by side In the same
field. No human judge could make Q
correct separation. No church book Is
an .ccu..s. ~..lA. h,,t tha time of